#2 Seed Mankato West (17-7-2) comes into this game earning a blowout victory over #10 Fairmont in the 3A Quarterfinals. The Scarlets got big games from the top line of Jrs. Jakobe Tosch, Keaton Dorzek & Brodie Cox, and defenders Jr. Grady Schmidt & 9th grader Brooks Baukol, who all had big nights in the win. Mankato West will now move on to Gustavus to take on their cross-town rival, Mankato East, in the Section 3A Semifinal, as they will look to beat their youth hockey teammates for the 3rd straight time this year, as West has owned this series of late. For the Scarlets to continue that success, they will need to get a big game in net from Goaltender Sr Mason Schreiber, who I’m assuming they will start, given all his experience and success, and he has the better numbers of the tandem in net for them. They did give the Soph Blake Brekke the first game, but guessing they now let the Senior carry them the rest of the way as they look to get back to the Section 3A Final Game.
#3 seed Mankato East (12-13-1) enters this game having blown up Marshall, winning the 3A Quarterfinal with ease. The Cougars played one of their best games of the year, and they got huge games out of Jrs. Zach Lang, Indy Ragan & Braydon Arnoldy, who all had big point nights in the win. The key stat, though, for them was that their shared shutout from Goaltenders Sr. Colin Pierskalla & Jr. Brayden Bernard, as that will hopefully inspire confidence moving forward. picked up the shutout in net. The win gives Mankato East another chance to beat their rivals, Mankato West, and while they were swept in the regular season, they know they can play with the Scartlets, and they showed in their first playoff win that they are playing their best hockey right now. They will be the underdog in this one, but they know the pressure on their former teammates to win this one, and if they can get an early lead, watch out in this one, as anything can happen in rivalry games, and this one feels like it could get wild!
3A SF- #2 Mankato West vs #3 Mankato East
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3A SF- #2 Mankato West vs #3 Mankato East
Last edited by ClassAGuy on Sat Feb 21, 2026 9:50 am, edited 2 times in total.
Re: 3A SF- #2 Mankato West vs #3 Mankato East
The sophomore goaltender DOES have a name....
Re: 3A SF- #2 Mankato West vs #3 Mankato East
I guess we shouldn't assume anything, huh?